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Top judge faces sack for speaking out about immigrants.

by Babel-Fish | August 5, 2009 at 04:19 am

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Immigrants abusing benefits system

A senior judge faces the sack after saying that 'hundreds of thousands of immigrants' come to Britain to receive generous welfare payments.

Judge Ian Trigger was told yesterday that a disciplinary inquiry is to look at whether his criticisms of the links between crime, large-scale immigration and the welfare system were 'too political'.

The 65-year-old Crown Court judge, who has also served on immigration tribunals for just over a decade, made his remarks as he jailed an illegal immigrant and drug runner last month.

He stated facts and the government does not like the facts

Judge Trigger said the case illustrated how a 'lax' immigration policy had led to 'hundreds and hundreds of thousands' of immigrants arriving in Britain to claim generous welfare benefits.

And he warned that wasted welfare payments had helped double the national debt, with the burden falling on decent hard-working citizens.

That is the truth and freedom of speech should allow him to express what he feels is true.

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Beaulieu

at 04:44 on August 5th, 2009

Might have guessed this story came from the Daily Mail.

Babel-Fish

at 05:21 on August 5th, 2009

Well every news paper has its faults such as the Sun , lol

But... lets see hmmm...

Judge Trigger is being investigated to see if he has broken one of the six principles of the Judicial Conduct Guide, 2008: judicial independence impartiality; integrity; propriety; ensuring equality of treatment to all before the courts; and competence and diligence.

and of course....

A JUDGE yesterday launched a blistering attack on Britain’s “desperate” immigration policy and the Government’s failed welfare system.

He slammed policies that allow hundreds of thousands of foreigners to stream into the country to sponge off benefits.

Judge Ian Trigger also savaged the delay in kicking immigrants out of the UK once it had been ruled that they were here illegally.

And he condemned the country’s massive welfare system for lavishing billions on immigrants.

The outburst came as the judge sentenced Jamaican Lucien McClearley, 31, for drugs offences at Liverpool Crown Court. McClearley should have been booted out of Britain in 2004. “Your case illustrates all too clearly the completely lax immigration policy that exists and has existed over recent years in this country,” said Judge Trigger.

Babel-Fish

at 04:44 on August 5th, 2009

But not all immigrants abuse the welfare system they work hard to send money back to their families. But the problem is welfare is the big attraction to UK.

Uwe Paschen

at 05:47 on August 5th, 2009

It is dangerous and unfair to generalize and that is why the Judge is getting sacked.

He discriminated against and insulted about about 10% of the UK population.

Those pay Taxes as well and pay for the abuses by committed by Natives as well as by Immigrants or others.

158

at 07:42 on August 5th, 2009

I agree he is generalizing but what about free speech.

Uwe Paschen

at 07:48 on August 5th, 2009

Free Speech applies to a private Citizen and not to a Judge in public office that has to remain non-partial and uphold the Law.

Spydermonkey

at 10:54 on August 5th, 2009

Well, I can not see anyplace in his quotes where he lied or obviously broke one of the six principles of the Judicial Conduct Guide.

judicial independence: is damaged by what appears to be a politically motivated attack on a judge.

impartiality; humm... well, he didn't sentence him to excessive time in jail (2 years)

integrity; He has integrity, that would be why he said what he did, to not disclose the problems he see's would be a loss of integrity.

propriety; I don;t know enough about British law to say anything here...

ensuring equality of treatment to all before the courts; Did he treat this man any different than another judge would have? (I don;t know, but I don;t think so)

competence and diligence; no need, his quotes speak to this.

Paschen, true, as a judge his "right" to free speech is limited while he is on his bench, but how much? If the response here is politically motivated wouldn't that be a greater breech of public trust?

I don't know that this is politicaly motivated, but I have seen similer situations here in the US that were VERY political or motivated by simple greed..